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Guidelines for the management of low back pain (LBP) and lumbar or cervical radiculopathy resulting from sciatica and other radicular pain syndromes have been published by a number of organisations, including: the European Commission Research Directorate General [1,2] from the COST B13 Working Group.
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Marchettini, P. (2013). What Guidelines are Available for Sciatica and Radicular Pain?. In: Laroche, F., Perrot, S. (eds) Managing Sciatica and Radicular Pain in Primary Care Practice. Springer Healthcare, Tarporley. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-907673-56-6_5
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